BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota Republican state senator has ended his campaign for the state’s only U.S. House seat. Tom Campbell, a potato farmer from Grafton, announced on Tuesday he is withdrawing from the race. Three other Republican candidates are seeking the seat held by Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong, who is running
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok for its data and security practices, two sources told CNN on the condition of anonymity. The probe is yet another complication for the social media platform, which is already facing the threat of a potential US ban or a
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Tired from a restless night spent awake? One of the most helpful things to do might be to get some exercise, according to a new study. “Physically active people have a lower risk of insomnia symptoms and extreme sleep duration, both long and short,” said lead study author Dr.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tras varios fracasos de fecundación in vitro, problemas de salud y la muerte de su querido perro, Jason Luban y Selena Medlen necesitaban un cambio de aires. La pareja, que entonces vivía en Oakland, California, había planeado un viaje a Andalucía, España, meses antes, pero no estaban seguros de seguir adelante
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente de Belarús, Alexander Lukashenko, parece haber puesto en duda las afirmaciones de Rusia de que Ucrania estuvo involucrada en el brutal ataque en una sala de conciertos de Moscú la semana pasada. ISIS se atribuyó la responsabilidad de la masacre, en la que murieron al menos 139
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Police are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found inside a large pipe for a lazy river at a Houston hotel where she’d been swimming with her family. Aliyah Jaico’s death Saturday has been ruled an accidental drowning by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. Her autopsy
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino, CNN New York (CNN) — NBC News on Tuesday ousted former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, just days after her hiring as a paid political analyst sparked intense backlash from the network’s top television anchors over McDaniel’s role in subverting the 2020 election and attacks on the press.
Continue ReadingBy GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark could face sanctions, including disbarment in Washington, D.C., if a three-person panel thinks he violated ethics rules in his role in trying to help former President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election. The center of the hearing before the Board
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican state senators are making another attempt to impose a conservative stamp on the state’s public schools. A bill passed Tuesday would ban transgender girls from playing high school sports with other girls. It would also limit sex education and would require a system for notifying
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — El colapso del puente en Baltimore que ha detenido indefinidamente el paso de barcos que entran y salen del puerto de la ciudad podría perjudicar la economía local, afectar las cadenas de suministro y dificultar las entregas a lo largo de la costa este de Estados Unidos. Última hora del colapso
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Top officials were gathering Tuesday in southern New Mexico to mark the 25th anniversary of the nation’s only underground repository for radioactive waste. The nuclear pollution came from decades of research and bomb making. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant has taken in around 13,850 shipments
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two families of transgender minors have filed a constitutional challenge to an Ohio law that severely limits gender-affirming healthcare for youth under 18. Tuesday’s lawsuit, brought in Franklin County Common Pleas Court by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Ohio and
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyer said Tuesday that the searches of the rapper’s Los Angeles and Miami properties by federal authorities in a sex trafficking investigation were “a gross use of military-level force” and that Combs is “innocent and will continue to fight” to clear
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As spring arrives, it’s time to remember that studded tires must be removed by Sunday, March 31. ODOT said Tuesday that long-term weather forecasts this year do not support an extension of the studded tire season.
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Ebbers Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — It was still drizzling in Wood River as the sun rose, but the sandhill cranes passing through the area didn’t mind the rain. And neither did Vernon Williams. The 90-year-old Lincoln man watched in awe as hundreds of cranes
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! PowerPoint parties are a thing among young people. They are inviting friends over and asking them to present a slideshow on any topic at all — “the sillier, the better.” So get your presentation on the 10 most attractive animated characters ready. It’s a great
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two former officials of a Massachusetts veterans home where at least 76 people died during the COVID-19 pandemic will avoid jail time in the case. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of the Veterans’ Home in Holyoke, and Dr. David Clinton, its former medical director, settled their criminal
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Lady Gaga knows her listeners are eager for updates on her upcoming seventh studio album. On Tuesday, while speaking with YouTuber NikkieTutorials, the “Bad Romance” singer assured her fans, known as Little Monsters, that “I’m working as fast as I can” to finish it. “I will say that I
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Medicare shelled out $5.7 billion on Ozempic and other similar diabetes drugs in 2022, up from $57 million in 2018, according to a new KFF analysis. The pricey medications, which include Mounjaro and Rybelsus, have become super popular for the treatment of diabetes and for weight loss. But Medicare
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — North Carolina pastor Mark Harris has won the Republican nomination for North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District, making him the likely next member of Congress from this red district some five years after his apparent victory in an earlier House election was thrown out over ballot
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